Gearing for washing-machines.



PATBNTED 00T. 18, 1904.

, M. A.v BASLEY. GEARING POR WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

GEARING Fon WASHING-MACHINES. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,451, dated October 18, 1904. Application iledlTune 8, 1904. Serial No. 211,589. (No model.)

To all whom it 77cm/ concern:

. `Be it known that I, MANFRED ALONZO BAs- LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Gearing for Washing- Machines, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to improvements in means for giving a' reciprocating movement to the cylinders or barrels which form the receptacles of certain types of washing-machines, churns, and like devices.

The especial object of my improvements is to provide driving means that will be durable,

in which there will be little lost motion, andl in which provision is made for compensating for the wear of the parts.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, I have shown a preferred and modified method of carrying out the above-named objects in the following views.

Figurel is a view, partly in planelevation and partly in horizontal section, showing my invention as applied to thehead of a washingmachine barrel. Fig. 2 is a view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view .on the line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4f is a view, partly in section and partly in plan, showing a modification of the construction illustrated in Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6, a fragmentaryview of a form of driv l ing-belt which I prefer to use in connection with the construction shown in Fig. Land Fig. 7 a view of the opposite side of same.

Referring to the details of the drawings, l represents a portion, of a supporting-frame,

to which my improved driving mechanism is bolted in any suitable manner and in which is journaled the axle 2b, the hub or base of which is bolted to the head 2 of the barrel 2. A bearing-plate l serves to reinforce the frame 1 and to furnish an additional bearing for the axle 2b. Keyed on the axle isa gear-wheel l, having in its straight face cogs lc and provided in its beveled. face with a series of notches or recesses 1d. Bolted to the frame 1 is a bracket v3, ,in the outer end of which is journaled a horizontal shaft 4., the inner end of which is journaled'in the base of the plate l. Secured to theouter end of the shaft 4; is a pulley A, which is adapted to be driven from any suitable power. The bracket 3 is formed with an extension 3d near its outer end, in which is journaled a worm-gear 3., on one side of which is pivoted a link 3, the other end of'which is connected with a forked lever 3, one end of which is pivoted on the bracket 3. Fixed on the shaft A is a worm 5, the teeth of which mesh with the teeth of the worm-gear 3c.

Slidably mounted on the shaft 4:, near the worin-gear, is a sleeve or spool 6, which is secured to the pinions 7 7b, which are connected by the hub 7, which is splined on shaft 4. The pinions 7 7 b have set in their peripheries studs 7 c, those in thepinion 7 being adapted to project into or engage the` recesses 11 in the gear lb when the said pinion is moved inwardly by the action of the clutch, which is composed of the spool 6, lever 3, and the link 3b. The studs of the pinion 7 b are adapted to engage the recesses 8, formed in a beveled pinion 8, which isr mounted on the stud-shaft 8, fixed in the plate 1, which also 4 carries a small pinion 8, which meshes the cogs lc of the gear-wheel 1b.

.It will be apparent that the operation of the gearing just described will serve to drive with the gear-wheel l in an opposite direction to that effected through the intermeshing of the pinion 7 and said gear-wheel and that owing to the reciprocation of the spool 6, to which the pinions 7. 7b are secured, there will be a constant change in the position of said pinions, thereby changing the direction of the rotation of the barrel and producing a reciprocating movement, which vis desirable in washing-machines of this type.

In lieu of the form of gearing and driving mechanism above described I may in some instances utilize the form shown in Figs. A and 5, in which a hollow shaft 2G is bolted vto the head of the barrel 2 and has placed therein a shaft 2d,'the inner end of which 'rests on a coil-spring 2e, housed in said hollow shaft 2c, which is journaled in the plate 1, which is `bolted to the frame l and has keyed thereon the gear-wheel 1f, provided with internal cogsl IOO 1g, and has in its outer face a series of recesses 1'. Keyed on the shaft Qd is a disk 2f, in which are inserted a series of pins 2f, the shanks of which are surrounded by small coilsprings, which serve to keep said pins normally projected from the face of said disk 2f, so that upon the desired movement of said disk 2f said pins will be pushed into the recesses 1J in the wheel 1f. Bolted to the frame 1 is a bracket 3, in the outer end of which is journaled a shaft 41, the inner end of which is journaled in (the plate 1e. On this shaft is secured a Worin 5, and on either side of same are spools or sleeves 6 6b. Adjacent to the spool 6a a disk 13 is mounted on the shaft 4", and near the spool 6b a beveled friction-pinion 11 is mounted. In the bracket 3e there are offsets 3f, in which are formed bearings for the slidable yoke 12, which is formed With arms engaging the spools 6u 6b, respectively, and is cut out to receive a pin 14, projecting from the face of the worm-pinion 14,y

the teeth of which mesh with the worm x. On the stud-shaft 10, fixed in the plate 1e, is a beveled friction-pinion 10, to which is secured a toothed pinion 10b. The beveled pinion 105L is formed with an annular groove Which is adapted to engage with the annular rib formed on the pinion 11, thus eecting a frietional contact which serves to drive the pinion 10u and with it the pinion 10b, which, as We have seen, engages the cog 1g of the gear-wheel 1f. A drive-pulley 4c is fixed on the outer end of the shaft 4b, and a belt-pulley 9d is mounted on said shaft near the said drive-pulley 4. Mounted on the shaft 2d is a similar belt-pulley 9c, and said pulleys 9c 9d are connected by a belt 9, provided with a series of perforations, which are reinforced by metallic frames or clips 9, each formed with four points 9b, which are passed through the said perforations in the belt and clenched on the opposite side thereof, and rivets 9, passed through two of the points and through the belt and through frame 9a. Suitable studs on the periphery of the pulleys 9c 9d engage these reinforced perforations in the belt 9, and thereby prevent the slipping of the belt, as Will be readily understood. Y

The disk 13, which is mounted on the shaft 4b, is of sufficient diameter so that a portion thereof extends over and bears against the outer side of the disk 2f, so that when the said disk 13 is moved inwardly through the action of the clutch mechanism arranged on said shaft and brackets, as heretofore described, it will serve to move the disk 2f inwardly and cause its pins 2g to engage the recesses or depressions 1J in the gear 1f, thereby rotating' the lastnamed gear in the direction of rotation of the pulley 9c. Upon the outward movement of the said clutch mechanism the beveled pinion 11 Will be brought into frietional engagement With the corresponding' pinion 10u. Upon the rotation of the shaft 4b the corresponding movement will be communicated to the gear 1i through the pinion 10h.

It will be seen that the expansive action of the spring 2 will tend to hold the disk 2f out of engagement with the gear-wheel 1. until such action of the spring is overcome by the inward movement of the disk 13 described. The construction and operation will produce a reciprocating rotary movement in the barrel 2 similar to that effected by the gearing above described and illustrated in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to obtain by Letters Patent, is-

1. In driving means for barrels, an axle secured to the driven element, a gear-wheel fixed on said axle and formed with cogs and recesses on opposite sides substantially as described, a pinion adapted to engage the cogs of said gear-wheel, a shaft parallel to said axle, pinions slidably and rotatably mounted on said shaft and adapted to alternately engage said gear-wheel and first-named pinion respectively, and means for sliding and means for rotating the pinions on the shaft.

2. In drivingmeans for barrels, an axle secured to the driven element, a gear-wheel mounted von said axle and formed with cogs and recesses on its opposite sides, a pinion adapted to engage the gear-wheel cogs means adapted to engage the gear-wheel recesses, a shaft arranged parallel to said axle, elements slidably and rotatably mounted on said shaft and adapted to alternately engage said pinion and means respectively, and means for rotating' and sliding said slidable and rotatable elements, substantially as set forth.

3. In drivingmechanism for barrels, an axle for the barrel, a gear-wheel mounted on said axle, a stud-shaft, a pinion mounted on said stud-shaft and adapted to engage and rotate the said gear-wheel, a shaft arranged parallel to said axle and adapted to be driven, a worm on said shaft, means slidably mounted on said shaft and adapted to alternately engage and rotate the stud-shaft pinion and the gearwheel, a worm-gear driven by the worm on the shaft and means operated by the wormgear, and adapted to slide the first-mentioned means on the shaft.

4. In driving mechanism for barrels and the like,an axle for the barrel,a gear-wheel mounted on said axle and provided with recesses and cogs, a studshaft, a pinion mounted on said stud-shaft and provided with recesses and cogs the latter being adapted to engage the cogs of said gear-wheel, a bracket, a shaft journaled in said bracket and adapted to be driven, a worm on said shaft, a hub slidably mounted on said shaft, pinions secured on said hub and provided with studs adapted to alter nately engage the recesses in the gear-wheel and the stud-shaft pinion respectively,a wormgear mounted on said bracket and adapted to engage the worin on said shaft, means con- IOO IIO

necting said worm-gear with said hub and adapted to slide the latter.

5. In driving mechanism for barrels and the like, a frame, anaxle secured to the barrel and supported by the frame, -a .gear-wheel mounted on said axle and provided in its periphery with recesses and cogs, a stud-shaft, a pinion mounted on said stud-shaft and provided with recesses and cogs the latter being adapted to engage the cogs of said gear-wheel, a bracket mounted on said frame, a shaft journaled in said bracket and adapted to be driven, a worm secured on said shaft, a hub slidably mounted on said shaft, two pinions secured onsaid hub and provided with studs adapted to alternately engage the recesses in the gearwheel and stud-shaft pinion respectively, a worm-gear mounted on said bracket and adapted to engage the worm on said shaft, alever having one end hinged to said bracket and having its opposite end forked and adapted to engage'and slide the said hub, and a link connecting said lever with said worm-wheel, substantially as described.

6. In driving' mechanism for barrels or the like, an axle for the driven element, a gearwheel mounted on said axle, a shaft provided with a worm and adapted to be driven,- means mounted on the shaft and adapted to alternately rotate the axle in opposite directions, a worm-gear driven by the worm on the shaft, and slidable means engaging the pinion and the means on the shaft, and adapted to be slid by the worm-gear. p'

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MANFRED ALONZO BASLEY. Witnesses:

O. K. TREGO, B. B. CoLLINs. 

